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Great Lakes News: 23 June 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Great Lakes forever campaign launched in U.S.
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This summer, the Biodiversity Project hopes millions of Great Lakes region
residents will become concerned about the future of the Lakes to change
things for the better. Source: Environmental News Network (6/23)


Locks expansion discussed at Lake Superior meeting
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Citizens voiced concerns about the future of the Great Lakes at the
International Lake Superior Board of Control meeting Monday. Source: The
Holland Sentinel (6/23)


Ohio sewer district plans emergency backup
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The regional sewer district will spend nearly $30 million on backup
emergency power equipment to keep its treatment plants running in another
blackout. Source: The Plain Dealer (6/23)


County gets EPA grant to assess brownfields
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St. Joseph County's Economic Development Corp. has been awarded a $400,000
grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to assess potential
brownfield sites throughout the county. Source: South Bend Tribune (6/22)


Measure would protect bluffs
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A proposal outlines the transfer of Lake Michigan bluffs from the Navy to
the Openlands Project, a non-profit land conservancy based in Chicago.
Source: Chicago Tribune (6/22)


Detroit port authority breaks ground on riverfront
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Detroit's hopes to become more of a tourist draw got a boost Monday as
officials broke ground for an $11.25-million headquarters and public
terminal for the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority. Source: Detroit Free
Press (6/22)


Navy property on lake could become park
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A secluded two-mile stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline that has remained
much the same since explorers saw it centuries ago could be opened as a
public park. Source: Arlington Heights Daily Herald (6/22)


Wisconsin fish at risk
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Overfishing, pollution and the proliferation of invasive species are to
blame for the depletion of fish in the Great Lakes. Source: Madison Capital
Times (6/21)


Group hopes for deal preserving 413 acres of Lake Michigan dunes
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A conservation group's plans are moving forward to preserve more than 400
acres of dunes along Lake Michigan that an unidentified benefactor pledged
more than $30 million to help save. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/21)


Lake Erie's got quite a catch
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The perch and walleye are plentiful in Lake Erie this season, according to
those involved in fishing. Source: The Lorain Morning Journal (6/19)


Water quality impacts of Middle Bass Island project topic of public hearing
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The Ohio EPA will hold a public information session and hearing to accept
nominations on water quality impacts associated with a proposed project
along the south shore of Middle Bass Island. Source: Port Clinton News
Herald (6/19)

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